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GCSE results 2026: English and maths pass rates down for fifth straight year

This year’s GCSE results also reveal that the regional divide in England in attainment continued to widen while the gender gap narrowed

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ITT: Primary applications plummet by a fifth

Applications to secondary teacher training fall below last year as primary applications sink

School leaders warn Keegan they still expect 15% teacher pay rise

The NAHT school leaders' union has written to Gillian Keegan today confirming it is seeking a 15% pay rise for 2023 in its ongoing dispute with the government

Need to know: DfE’s latest guidance for early career teachers

The DfE has updated its guidance for Early Career Framework induction for next academic year. Here's what's changing

Ambition’s Tom Rees named CEO of major multi-academy trust

Mr Rees, a former headteacher, joins Ormiston Academies Trust from Ambition Institute

Scotland’s per-pupil spend highest in UK, but effects unclear

Per-pupil funding for schools in Scotland this year is more than 18 per cent higher than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, IFS research shows – largely because of early years investment

Revealed: the schools least visited by ministers

Since last January Department for Education ministers have been more likely to visit schools in France and Spain than in the South West of England, data seen by ÌÇÐÄVlog reveals

GCSEs 2023: Grading fears amid high exam student absence

Former schools minister warns of 'grave concern' over Year 11 absence rates as exam grading standards return to pre-pandemic levels

Ofsted crisis: ‘Olive branch’ not enough to salvage trust

Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman seeks to address concerns over safeguarding judgements and the watchdog's complaints process

Teacher assessment ‘impossible’ amid ChatGPT rise

Think tank report suggests AI will make it impossible to guard against cheating and trust coursework grades

Gibb: Ofsted and DfE to ‘look at’ limiting judgements

Schools minister says the government and inspectorate would consider if limiting judgements on safeguarding are right approach after concern raised about schools being downgraded

Funding cut for disadvantaged pupils in Northern Ireland

Decision to scrap Extended Schools Programme has been described as 'devastating', and critics say Northern Ireland pupils' education seems less valued than in the rest of the UK

Exam reform report highlights Scottish teachers’ workload concerns

Despite widespread support for reform of qualifications and assessment, Hayward review analysis finds many competing views about what that should entail

Suspensions up by nearly a quarter since pandemic

The number of suspensions being made by schools has jumped since the pandemic, but permanent exclusions are down, data shows

A third of schools not using catch-up cash

Schools minister urges all eligible schools to use National Tutoring Programme funding 'as exam season approaches', but heads' leader warns that subsidy rules and tight budgets are preventing take-up

Heads to vote over strike action

The Association of School and College Leaders said today that it would ballot members over national strike action for the first time in its history

Trust body urges DfE to delay 32.5-hour school week plan

Confederation of School Trusts voices concerns over government plan for minimum length of the school week that is expected to be adhered to from September

Just 23% of teachers would ‘certainly’ train to teach again

Teacher Tapp data suggests the cost-of-living crisis is causing many teachers to question their career choice

Ditch or delay 32.5-hour rule, heads tell Gibb

Many heads have assumed the 'misguided' policy had been dropped after a year-long wait for guidance, say union bosses in joint letter

Scotland to rejoin Timss and Pirls international education surveys

First minister Humza Yousaf reverses 2010 decision to exit Timss and Pirls, which left Pisa as the only major international comparative study scrutinising Scottish education

Strikes: NEU teachers to help exam groups on site ‘in extremis’

Members attending school for part of strike day should get full pay – but are encouraged to donate it to union hardship fund under NEU guidance

Trainee educational psychologists ‘below minimum wage’

Scottish educational psychologists' body calls for an ‘immediate increase in funding’ to prevent trainees abandoning their studies

Safeguarding: ‘Third of teachers’ see rise in pupil neglect

Research reveals how the pandemic has 'left many children at an increased risk of abuse', charity boss warns

New education secretary writes open letter to Scotland’s teachers

Jenny Gilruth promises ‘real improvements’ out of the education reform process and to continue 'relentless focus' on closing the attainment gap

Strikes: Consider catch-up sessions, DfE advises schools

Advice on helping exam students affected by strikes comes after NEU announced further industrial action this term